Amazon WorkSpaces bundle management APIs are now available for customers to perform WorkSpaces bundle operations via command-line interface (CLI). The new set of APIs supports creation, deletion, and image association operations for WorkSpaces bundles. These APIs are intended for use by WorkSpaces administrators who want to automate WorkSpaces management workflows.

Amazon S3 is reducing the cost to move data to Amazon S3 Glacier by lowering PUT and Lifecycle request charges by 40% for all AWS Regions. You can use the S3 PUT API to directly store compliance and backup data in S3 Glacier that does not require immediate access. You can also use S3 Lifecycle policies to move data from S3 Standard, S3 Standard-Infrequent Access, or S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access to S3 Glacier to save on storage costs when data becomes rarely accessed.

AWS Config now supports three new AWS Config managed rules to help you verify that your secrets in AWS Secrets Manager are configured in accordance with your organization’s security and compliance requirements. AWS Config records and evaluates configurations of your AWS resources. AWS Config managed rules are predefined rules that AWS Config uses to evaluate whether your AWS resource configurations comply with common best practices. AWS Secrets Manager helps easily rotate, manage, and retrieve database credentials, API keys, and other secrets through their lifecycle.

AWS Cost Anomaly Detection now supports provisioning cost monitors and alert subscriptions via AWS CloudFormation templates . You can now set up Cost Anomaly Detection via JSON or YAML commands, enabling quick, consistent, and scalable configurations across AWS accounts.

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) introduces Amazon ECS Exec – a simple, secure, and auditable way for customers to execute commands in a container running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances or AWS Fargate. ECS Exec gives you interactive shell or single command access to a running container making it easier to debug issues, diagnose errors, collect one-off dumps and statistics, and interact with processes in the container.

Virtual Desktop Accelerator is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from RedNight Consulting, an AWS Digital Workplace Competency Partner. Virtual Desktop Accelerator will accelerate your Amazon WorkSpaces deployment and empower you to manage and scale your virtual environment. Customers that request this consulting offer will participate in an engagement that delivers a walkthrough of the critical design elements, help making decisions on features and functions to use, and deployment of Amazon WorkSpaces for your organization.

Today we are excited to announce Channel Assembly with AWS Elemental MediaTailor. With Channel Assembly, you can create linear channels that are delivered over-the-top (OTT) in a cost-efficient way, even for channels with low viewership. Virtual live streams are created with a low running cost by using existing multi-bitrate encoded and packaged VOD content. You can also easily monetize Channel Assembly linear streams by inserting ad breaks in your programs without having to condition the content with SCTE-35 markers.

Conversational AI Platform is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Accenture, an AWS Machine Learning Competency Partner. Conversational AI Platform helps organizations manage a conversational AI solution’s end-to-end lifecycle. Customers that request this consulting offer will participate in an engagement that delivers discovery and planning, proof of value, a solution pilot, and ongoing scaling and management.

The scheduled scaling feature of
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling allows you to set a schedule for your Auto Scaling group to scale in and scale out your EC2 capacity. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now allows you to set a local time zone for scheduled scaling actions via the
AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) and
AWS SDKs, with support in the
AWS Management Console and
AWS CloudFormation coming soon. Selecting a time zone makes schedules easier to review and also removes the need to adjust schedules for Daylight Saving Time (DST).

Design and Implementation for Druva Data Protection Solutions is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Softcat, an AWS Storage Competency Partner. With the Design and Implementation for Druva Data Protection Solutions consulting offer, Softcat can design and deploy a fully executed backup solution for your organization. Customers that request this consulting offer will participate in an engagement that includes performing the total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis, planning the implementation, procuring the software, and delivering the project.